Monday, February 17, 2025 - Operatives of the 9th Mile Division of Enugu State Police Command have arrested two male suspects on allegations bordering on armed robbery.
The suspects identified as Chime Valentine Chidiebere and Alior Jideofor
Kenechukwu were apprehended by the operatives on February 6, 2025, following
credible intelligence.
A Daylong motorcycle which the suspects allegedly snatched from their
victim, alongside three locally fabricated guns with two live cartridges was
recovered from them.
Confirming their arrest to newsmen, the spokesperson of the command, SP
Daniel Ndukwe, said police preliminary investigation revealed that on January
5, 2025, the suspects boarded a commercial motorcycle from Okwojo Ngwo to
Amokwe Ngwo, both in Udi local government area of Enugu and along the way,
stopped and shot the rider in the left thigh, and fled with his motorcycle.
However, the police operatives, leveraging intelligence, located and
arrested the suspects, recovering the stolen motorcycle, firearms, and
ammunition.
Ndukwe said the victim is currently recuperating from the gunshot
injury.
He added that an investigation is ongoing to arrest the suspects’
accomplices who are on the run and that the two suspects already in custody
will be arraigned at the conclusion of investigations.
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